This collection represents a reference collection of native bees and other invertebrates found in Alberta. The physical collection is housed in the University of Calgary Biological Sciences Invertebrate Collection. The invertebrate collection consists of approximately 1.45 million insect specimens. And it’s growing. In actual numbers of species, this collection increases at a rate of about 7.5 percent each year. This is due to contributions from undergraduate student coursework, graduate student, academic and technical staff research, and from donations of personal collections. This digital collection represents bee specimens from species native to Alberta, collected by the Galpern Lab @ Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary; bee specimens collected by other institutions and collectors; and invertebrate specimens collected by University of Calgary entomology students.